GRE Word List
SUSTENANCE
means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living
The meaning of the word sustenance is means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| tempo | the rate of speed of a musical piece or passage indicated by one of a series of directions (such as largo, presto, or allegro) and often by an exact metronome marking |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| panegyric | a eulogistic oration or writing |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| unerringly | committing no error : faultless |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |